Talks & Speaking

Topics

• Texas state & local public finance — property taxes, appraisal, school finance and recapture, special districts (MUDs, ESDs), bond elections.
• Economic development & entrepreneurship — small business activity, banking deserts, knowledge spillovers, regional industrial composition.
• Extreme weather & community resilience — how local finance institutions and entrepreneurship moderate the economic effects of climate shocks.
• Applied econometrics for policy — research design, causal inference, and translating administrative data into policy-relevant evidence.
• Hays County and the I-35 corridor — growth, water, schools, governance (the subject of the Southbound 35 blog).

Formats

• Keynotes and invited lectures
• Departmental seminars and workshops
• Panels and moderated discussions
• Podcast and media interviews
• Briefings for elected officials and agency staff

Selected invited venues

• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis — Community Banking Research Conference (Fed/CSBS joint conference)
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) — Bank Research Conference
• American Economic Association (AEA) — Annual Meeting

Past conference presentations

Peer-reviewed academic conference talks, grouped by project. For invited talks, briefings, and media appearances, please get in touch.